That was quick. Our first mission, and we'd just crossed the French coast when, out of nowhere, shells slammed into the starboard wing, which promptly burst into flames. We bailed out. I was picked up by the resistance, but I think I was the only one.
P/O Scott Newton
Flight Engineer, April in Paris
August 19, 1944
As a matter of interest, this is the second aircraft I've lost to a classic Schräge Musik attack in as many missions.